pregunta uno

PLATH!

Upon investigating each of these poets and even many other poets I find it interesting that all of them seem to have some dysfunctional complex to them. Yeah, all of us can be a bit dysfunctional at times, but poets just seem to embody the art of it so much more flawlessly. I guess in this way, I would relate to all of them as I can be pretty dysfunctional at times. I think it goes further than just being dysfunctional though, I believe what makes the poets truly good is how they deal with these peculiarities through their poetry.
Plath's techniques for coping with the world around her are much like the ways I choose to deal with my problems. She seems to have internalized most of her problems into her poetry or into just writing out all she was feeling. Though I still like to talk out my problems, I'm much the same way as sometimes I feel much better when I just write out everything I'm feeling. In the case of Plath, her ramblings were formed into beautiful poetry while mine equate to nothing more than a bunch of choppy lines that I hope no one will ever have to read. :)
Sadly though, the fault of Plath doing this through much of her life is probably a reason behind her death at the age of 30. Without sharing all the pain she had inside of her she was eating away at herself. I don't think I would ever let my feelings have that much control over me and, unlike Plath I don't think I'll be sticking my head in an oven anytime soon! Still though, on a purely amateur level, I'm glad that I can notice such a similarity between me and such a great poet.